Blasius williams



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Letters .Patent No. 99,737, dated .February 8, 1870.4

APPARATUS FOR IRANSMITTIG- POWER.

The Schecule referred to in these Letters Patent and makina Dart of the same.

To all whom it may concern i same,rei`erence being had.to the accompanying drawv part of this specilicatiou, and in- Figure 1, sheet l, is a side elevation of my improved apparatus.

Figure 2, sheet 1, isan end view of' the same.

Figure 3, sheet 2, is a sectional view, the line of section lbeing in line a, a, tig. 1. l

Figure 4, sheet 2, is a sectional view, the line of section being in line. b b, fig. 2. i.

Figure 5, sheet 2, is a detached view of part ofthe transmitting-shaft.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in the several figures.

The nature of my invention consists in the employmeut ot' weights, andthcir arrangement in relation to and their combination with two sets of levers-a set ot'long ones, and a set ot' short onesin such a ma-nner thatthe weights, heilig connected tothe working-r shaft by the shorter setof levers and cranks, will increase the power translnittedito the -sameby the combined levers.

Agio the drawings, represent the standards on which the'bearingsof the driving-shaft are situated, while B arethe standards or bearings of the transmitting-shaft.

The driving-shaft C, to which motion is imparted from any suit-able power, carries cranks I), in which vthe. crank-arms E are pivoted.

In the drawings I have shown four cranks, as I use four leve-rs in each set; but this number may be innumber of weights, levers, and cranks.

In the centre ofthe shaft is secured a {1y-wheel, F.

The cranks are placed each two at right angles to the other two, so that when two of the .crank-arms are elevated, the other two'are depressed, the cranks of each set of two being placed in opposite directions, as' clearly shown in igsLZ and 4.

Pivoted to the crank-arms E are the longer arms of levers G, which are provided with short trunnions or creased or decreased, provided there is always au Yeven gudgeons, which have their bearings in a set ot' upper boxes, H, in the standards B.

The shorter armsot' the level-SVG terminate in circular enlargements I, through which pass screw-Shanks J, beingV held in position by nuts, and terminating be- 10W the enlargements I in disks, from which extend,

downwardly, fiat pieces which are pivoted between the. forked upper ends of links K, the forked lower ends ot which are pivoted to a iiat piece extending upwardly from the ends of the longer arms of levers L; similar dat pieces extending downwardly from the lat` ter, support, in pivots, weights M.

The levers L are provided with trunnions, which have their bearings in boxes, N, in standards B, they being below and in a vertical line with boxes H, so

that the pivots of levers G and L are in 4a direct vertical line.

The ends of the shorter arms of levers L are pivoted in the forked ends of crank-arms O, which move on short cranks placed in opposite directions, similar to the crank-arms E on the transmitting-shaft P, which has its hearings on standards B. y

In the centre of this shaft is secured a belt-wheel, R, which transmits the power and motion to the machinery to be driven.

rlhe longer arms of the levers G and'L are exactly three times as long as their shorter arms, and the' longer arms of levers G are exactly three times as long as the longer arms of levers L. I

To equalize the movements -of the levers I fix a belt-wheel on each of the two shafts, as Shown by letters S .l, the movement of the apparatus becoming smoother thereby.

'Ihe weights operate, through the levers L, on the transmittingshatt P. Motion being imparted to lthe shaft C, the same Vis transmitted, through crank-arms E, levers G, links K, levers L, and crank-arms O, to

shaft I, the movement being increased by the powerY ot' the weights M. N ow,two of these weights are al-` ways being raised while two are going down, increasing-the motion and consequently the power, by their weight. And as the down-going weights are not obliged. topull up the long levers Gr, and the up-going'weights are raised by the long levers, the power lost in raisingr these weights yis Vbut one-'third ofthe power gained byl the other two weights 'going'dowm the long levers being three times-as long as the short levers L, and no power being lost in raising the long levers ot' the downgoing weights. 'Ihus power is continually gained by two weights at a time.

Instead of making thelong arms of the levers three times as long as vthe short ones, they may be made as many times longer as may be desired, provided the 'same proportions ale used lfor the smaller set of. levers as for the larger'ones.

place a fly-wheel in the centre of the shaft; or instead of using a belt-wheel, a crank may be used to transmit the power.

Ins'ad ot using the belt-wheels S T, three ,gear wheels may be used. though' belt-wheels will `answer the. purpose perfectly well. y

Ot' bourse, the apparatus can be made of any suitable material.

Instead of' the'weights, I may employ springs, fast` ened with one end to the floor or bottom, and with the other to the ends of the longer arms of' levers L. These springs answer the same purpose as the weights.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination ot' the levers G and L and weights M with the shafts C I?, when arranged to operate substantially as herein set forth;

. L and weights M, when arranged in' sets of twos, or

of even numbers, substantially as set forth.

The above speciticatiou ol' my imm'ovement iu apparatus for gaining power, signed this 7th day of December, 1869.

BLASIUS WILLIAMS.

Witnesses U. S. CoLBY, HENRY A. J omsmoN.- 

